Display-rack.



No. 731,922. PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903. L. B. LINDQUIST & E. AGLE.

DISPLAY RACK.

' APPLICATION FILED APR. 16, 1903.

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PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903.

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OFFICE.

LEONARD B. LINDQUIST AND ERICK AGLE, OF

ARGYLE, MINNESOTA.

DISPLAY-RACK.

$PECIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 731,922, dated June 23, 1903.

Application filed April 16, 1903. Serial No. 152,961.

To (6 whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEONARD B. LIND- QUIST and ERICK AGLE, citizens of the United States, residing at Argyle, in the county of Marshall and State of Minnesota, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Display-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to show-racks, and pertains particularly to the class of racks for displaying various articles in show-windows, show-cases, and sales-rooms.

The object of the invention is to provide a rack of such novel and peculiar construction and arrangement of parts that it will display a multiplicity of articles-as, for example, lace curtains, portieres, and bedspreadsindependently and permit one or more of such articles to be brought to view, as desired.

The invention consists in a display-stand adapted to be set or case Without being secured or attached thereto and having a counterbalance to balance the stand and the articles displayed thereby, so that the stand may be moved or positioned as desired without employing any means for fixing the stand and without removing the articles therefrom.

The invention further consists in a displaystand having a frame carrying hanger-arms and hinged or pivoted to the stand, the top and base of the frame being of such construction and arrangement with respect to the stand as to limit or control the movement of the frame.

The invention still further consists in a stand having a frame pivoted or hinged thereto, a pair of semicircular plates carried by the frame, and a series of independent hangerarms swung from the plates, so that one of the arms is pivoted in one plate and the other end in the other plate, and a balancing device operated by said frame.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, Figure l is a front view showing the hanger-arms closed within the stand. Fig. 2 is a top View, partly broken away, showing the frame swung outwardly and the arms in position for holding articles for display. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the frame and its plates, partly broken or placed in a show window,

(No model.)

4 is a perspective view of one of Fig. 5 is an elevation, showing a modification away. Fig. the hanger-arms. partly broken away, of the pivoted frame.

The same numeral references denote the same parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

The stand is of rectangular shape and comprises a skeleton top 1, supported by posts 2 from the bottom or base 3, and the posts have suitable braces 4. The base is provided with a series of drawers 5 and a set of casters 6.

The hanger-frame is for cheapness and simplicity preferably connected to one of the posts 2 by hinges 7aud consists of ends 8, each having a right-angle notch 9 and connected together by a rod, 10 and a bar 11. The bar 11 is provided with brackets 12 and 13, to which are secured upper and lower semicircular plates 14 and 15, respectively, so that said brackets constitute the connection between the rod and the plates. The plates may be-keyed or set-screwed to the rod or connected thereto by other suitable means,

Near the periphery of each plate are-a series of apertures 16, the apertures of one plate registering with those of the other plates.

The hanger-arms, which are preferably rods of suitable thickness and strength, are substantially V-shaped and are ,bent at 17, and the upper portions 18 extend on a horizontal line from the bend 17 and terminate in downwardly-bent points 19, tures of theupper plate 14. The lowerportions 19 of the arms incline downwardly from the bond 17 and terminate in downwardly-bent points 20, pivoted in the apertures of the lower plate 15. A cap 21, screwed to the plate 14, holds the hanger-arms to the said plates, so that said arms are free to swing and separate from each other upon swinging the frame, and when the latter is swung outwardly the bend 17 of the innermost arm strikes one of the posts 2, so as to position this arm within the stand, and the outer arm is prevented from swinging too far back by the bar 11.

The counterbalance consists of a brace 22, pivoted or hinged at 23 to the edge of the base and provided with a caster 24'and a lever 25, having one end pivoted to the lower pivoted in the aperend 8 of the hanger-frame and the other end pivoted to the brace 22.

Referring 1' 0 the modification shown in Fig.

5, in lieu of the hinges the frame is pivoted in the bottom andat 26 to the top of the stand, 7

and said top and bottom have a pin 27, extending into a slot 28 of the frame ends 29 to limit the pivot movement of the frame. In this form the hinge-post is dispensed with and the notch of the ends is omitted.

It is obvious that by swinging the frame outwardly the brace .22 is swung to the position shown in Fig. 3, so that the stand is counterbalanced and the arms voluntarily move on their pivot-points and assume such When various positions as shown in Fig. 2. the frame is swung inwardly, the arms follow each other until they are entirely within the stand, and the brace is closed in against the stand-base. I

It will be understood that the stand parts may be covered with suitable material to enhance the appearance thereof and that theframe may have a like covering, and the arms and plates may be nickel-plated or they may be of some highly-polished metal.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Lettors Patent, is-

1. In a displayrack, the combination, with the stand, of a frame hinged or pivoted to the stand and having notched ends to engage the stand and limit the movement of the frame, the perforated semicircular plates carried by the frame, the hanger-arms having one end pivoted in one of the plates and the other end pivoted in the other plate, and a plates cap fitting one of said plates to prevent displacement of the arms, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the stand, of the frame hinged to one of the stand-posts and having notched ends to engage said post and limit the movement of the frame, perforated plates carried by the frame, the V-shaped hanger-arms having points pivoted in said perforations, and a cap to fit one of said and detachably secured thereto to prevent displacement of the arms, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the stand, and a counterbalance at one end thereof, of a frame hinged to one of the stand-posts at said end, perforated plates carried by the frame, and the hanger-arms pivoted in said perforations for displaying various articles, said balance adapted to be operated by the frame to counterbalance the stand, as set forth.

4. The combination, with the stand, the frame pivotally connected to the stand, and the hanger-arms having a pivot connection with the frame, of a counterbalance comprising a brace hinged or pivoted to the standbase, and a lever pivoted to the brace and to the said frame, said brace adapted to be 0perated by the pivot movementof the frame,

. as set forth.

In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands in the presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD B. LINDQUIS'I. ERICK AGLE.

\Vitnesses:

HANS P. KROGH, G. J. MESNA. 

